WIDE algorithm powering Bluesky

A cutting-edge reconciliation algorithm developed at WIDE is being used by Bluesky, the decentralized social network built on the AT protocol. In a recent research paper detailing Bluesky’s tech stack [1], researchers from Cambridge and Bluesky reveal that the AT protocol harnesses Merkle Search Trees (MST) – an innovative data…

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WIDE Seminar 2025 – 1st July 2025

Programme: Tuesday July 1st 2025 09:00 – Arrival 09:05 – Opening (François) 09:10 – Mining in logarithmic space with variable difficulty (Emmanuelle Anceaume, ACM CCS 2026) 09:50 – Naively Sorting Evolving Data (George Giakkoupis, IEEE FOCS 2024) 10:30 – ☕️ Coffee Break 11:10 – Game 1: The past 12:10 –…

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